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The Box Office Podcast

By: Scott Mendelson
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  • A weekly conversation about the weekend box office between myself (Scott Mendelson) and a few younger and/or hipper pundits/entertainment journalists. Because why listen to me pontificate for 45 minutes when you can hear a handful of the best in the business as we discuss what happened and why at theaters near you?

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Episodes
  • Ep 14: Fall Guys and the Faults of our Star Wars

    Ep 14: Fall Guys and the Faults of our Star Wars
    May 7 2024

    Does the mediocre opening weekend suggest a broader theatrical problem, or was Ryan Gosling in a Hollywood love letter to itself less enticing to regular moviegoers? Plus, how this is all, of course, the fault of our 'Star Wars'



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    1 hr
  • Ep 13: 'Suck It, Escape from Tomorrow!'

    Ep 13: 'Suck It, Escape from Tomorrow!'
    Apr 30 2024

    The complicated new math of films distributed by obscenely wealthy streaming companies where it hardly matters if a $55 million flick like Zendaya’s Challengers makes a rate-of-return profit on theatrical alone. What is the “success” point for these “theatrical as PR for streaming” movies in terms of making the distributors happy with the box office results? How good (or bad) is a $15 million opening for a film like Challengers amid the current status quo compared to the mid-2010s when studio programmers were in a healthier place?



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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep 12 - Killer Nazis > Nazi Killers But Death Pools > Vampire Girls

    Ep 12 - Killer Nazis > Nazi Killers But Death Pools > Vampire Girls
    Apr 24 2024

    ComScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian guest-stars (as Ryan Scott takes a breather) amid a look at Civil War’s second-weekend hold (the good) and the debuts for Abigail and Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (the bad) prior to a deep dive into the upcoming summer movie season (barring a miracle, the ugly).



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    1 hr and 9 mins
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